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The following was submitted by the Ocean View Foundation:
Feel free to participate as much or as little as you would like. The Bird Census will take place on Saturday, Dec. 26.
1. Kim Gaffett will have a spotting scope set up at Sachem Pond to look at, and count, winter ducks between 9 and 10 a.m. If you would like to take a look at what’s on the pond with Kim email her at Kimgaffett@gmail.com to reserve a 10 to 15 minute time slot. Masks will be required.
2. During the middle of the day, participants will employ whatever means desirable to make a list of birds seen that day. The options for making these observations range from taking one or more walks, to watching your bird feeder from the warmth of your house. Contact Kim to let her know what area of the island you will be birding, or if you would like to have an area of the island assigned to you.
Kim Gaffett
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“December 26, 1920 – 7 a.m. Temp. 14. Loon 3, H. Gull 20, H. Lark 12, Starling 12, Meadowlark 5, Song 4. A little vapor. Elizabeth Dickens Bird Journals
On Dec. 26, 1920 Elizabeth Dickens had been keeping her daily bird journal for just nine years; and had not yet started leading the Christmas count, that would not come until 1924.
I imagine that her 1920, Dec. 26 observation (above), was accomplished with little time outdoors, was confined to her Dickens Farm oasis, and was mostly a solitary endeavor.
Elizabeth Dickens’ journals span the years 1912 to 1963. Over those years, her observations increased: in the number of species seen, in the number of locations around the island and beyond explored, and, in the number of participants reporting observations. Neighbors, school students, participants in the Christmas counts (always held on Dec. 26), and visiting ornithologists and birders from afar, all became part of Miss Dickens’ bird life.